Dive Brief:

• Florida is considering lowering the cost of tuition at its public colleges for out-of-state students.
• Florida’s colleges chancellor, Randy Hanna, told the state Board of Education that the price of tuition for non-residents would have to come down to encourage more of them to enroll.
• The cost of tuition for out-of-state students at Florida state schools is currently about four times that of Florida residents.

Dive Insight:

Could this be a developing trend, as other state university programs also try to attract more students? The idea would be to boost enrollment at Florida’s 28 colleges, which have plenty of capacity, according to the board of ed’s vice chairman, John Padget. Also, bringing more students into the state could serve as an economic boost, if they stay in Florida after graduating. Florida’s state college system has about 840,000 students.